Pack Size: 25 kg
FruSweet is crystalline fructose—a natural fruit sugar found in many plants. Icon Foods uses a stringent process—the same manufacturing practice that is used for sugar cane and sugar beets—to produce crystalized fructose. This process involves purification, filtration, and crystallization. Not to be confused with high fructose corn syrup—which can be created by further refining fructose to yield a solution containing less than 10% natural fructose—crystalline fructose has a low glycemic index. This system ranks food ingredients on a scale from 1 to 100, with the smaller numbers having little effect on blood sugar levels and the larger numbers having a higher effect on blood sugar levels. For example, Icon Foods’ crystalline fructose has a glycemic index rating of 20, whereas skim milk has a rating of 31 and sucrose has a rating of 59. This means that 1 ounce of crystalline fructose will only raise blood sugar levels ≈ ⅓ as much as the equivalent amount of sucrose—it also releases ≈ ⅓ as much insulin.
FruSweet provides a taste and texture comparable to sugar—it is 1.75x as sweet as sugar—and is capable of browning, melting, and caramelizing. FruSweet can be used as a standalone sweetener, or in conjunction with high intensity sweeteners and fibers. When combined with high intensity sweeteners like stevia, the sweetening blend provides a neutral flavor profile that can be used as a plug-and-play replacement for sugar. FruSweet is non-GMO and kosher. Because our FruSweet is derived without the use of chemicals, it can be used to support a clean label claim.
